azkaisr Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Had a chance this weekend to go out to the desert and take a few pictures while riding with Russell, Lisa, and Howard. Here the trio and I parted. They headed on to the dam at Roosevelt lake, and I headed back towards Fish Canyon. I have never forgotten growing up here in Arizona and going out in an old Ford Bronco with some buddies back in the early 80's with my Pentax K1000 which I always loaded with Black and White Film. These pictures are sort of a homage to that time for me. The big saguaro's are full of great stories Three Sentinals and their minions stand guard over the Lost Dutchman's Claim....it is out there somewhere... It was about 85 out in the sun The GS is just a joy to ride on roads like this. Switching back to color to show that Fall is finally getting to the desert too. Nice country road..Arizona style Another great day in the Desert. Kaisr Link to comment
Whip Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Worthy Amigo!!!!!! Thanks BTW...What happen to Nando???? Link to comment
Firefight911 Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Lisa doesn't like as cold this time!! Beautiful stuff Tom!!! Love the B&W. I'll bet they would look great in Sepia as well!! Funny, I just looked it up earlier this evening. 843 miles!! Hmmmmmmmm? Link to comment
Rocket_Cowboy Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 You know with all these pictures, you keep reinforcing my desire to add a GS to the stable, right? Great shots there Tom! Link to comment
Jacqueline Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Beautiful pictures ....... Link to comment
Bill_Walker Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Nice artwork, amigo! Link to comment
roadscholar Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Great stuff Tom, love the B and W too, used to do a lot of that in school. Kept waiting for Glenn Ford to ride through that first one. Those roads look delicious too, hope to see some one of these days. Link to comment
texasaggie97 Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Kaisr, What kind of camera do you have? Great pictures and great quality? WOW I want to go there another place to put on my list. Thanks for the report Link to comment
hANNAbONE Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 wOW tOMMY...loved 'em all especially the b/w good on'ya Link to comment
eddd Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Very nice. I'm envious of anyone with such nice riding close by. Link to comment
azkaisr Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 Kaisr, What kind of camera do you have? Great pictures and great quality? WOW I want to go there another place to put on my list. Thanks for the report I use a Pentax K10D which is a great camera. I have owned Nikons as well but I guess once a Pentaxian always one. Thanks for the kind words. Tom Link to comment
azkaisr Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 Great stuff Tom, love the B and W too, used to do a lot of that in school. Kept waiting for Glenn Ford to ride through that first one. Those roads look delicious too, hope to see some one of these days. Any time amigo, the garage has room....Oh and I even found a place out here that rents KLR's now. Tom Link to comment
Mike05 Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 You know with all these pictures, you keep reinforcing my desire to add a GS to the stable, right? Great shots there Tom! +1 I'm with Charlie; not only are the pics just great but the ridin' looks like fun also! Nicely done Tom. Link to comment
tallman Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Tom, Very nice. Oooo, Russell has a new Power Ranger suit. Link to comment
rogera Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Great pictures as always Tom. Looks like a great day for a ride. Link to comment
Dietrich Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Great pictures, especially the black and whites! Dietrich Link to comment
Dances_With_Wiener_Dogs Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Enjoyed them all. Thanks for the B&W stuff. Link to comment
bakerzdosen Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 As always man... nicely done. Link to comment
smiller Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Kept waiting for Glenn Ford to ride through that first one.Or Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston with bags of gold dust hanging from their saddles... Link to comment
AdventurePoser Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Nice pix of the desert. Now that my son lives in Maricopa, and I can mooch a place to stay from him, I hope to do some exploring down there as well soon... See you at DV! Steve Link to comment
Motorrad4fun Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Great Pictures, thanks for sharing.... Link to comment
DouglasR Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Excellent photos! Man, that brought back some memories... I grew up in New Mexico and started riding when I was five. My older brother was into riding too, right up until the time he rode our Suzuki 90 through a cholla cactus at about 45 mph. For the uninitiated, this is a cholla, aka "jumping cactus": It's called a jumping cactus because the little branchy things jump off and stick to you. So when Big Bro rode the scoot through the cholla a bunch of those things embedded themselves in his legs, hands, and arms. We had to take him to the ER where they put him under a general anaesthetic to remove them. He was one sore dude afterwards and never really regained his enthusiasm for riding. Since we shared the bike I was OK with that! Anyway, thanks for the pictures and the spin down memory lane! The desert is absolutely beautiful and I miss getting out in it. Doug Link to comment
Silver Surfer/AKAButters Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Nice shots Tom. Thanks for sharing. Rich Link to comment
Bruce H Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Very nice photos! I have got to get to AZ, the 85 you are talking about is killing me. Today it was 47 with 40mph sustained winds, gusts to 85 and a little less that an inch of rain. Link to comment
BFish Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 enjoyed the pix very much. in response to roadscholar's glen ford comment....trivia question...if he did ride into one of the B/W pics, what characteristic of his would we NOT be able to "see". Link to comment
stubble! Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Great pics tom. You do those old cacti justice. Link to comment
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